Years active 1981–present | ||
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Associated acts The Untouchables, Snow Bud and the Flower People, Wipers, Divining Rods, Lost Acolytes, Oblivion Seekers, Chris Newman Experiment, Boo Frog Albums Fire Air and Water, Liquid Love, In My Tree, Moving To And Fro, Curiosities, Napalm Beach Record labels Flying Heart Records, Here After, Tim Kerr, Love's Simple Dreams Similar Profiles | ||
Napalm beach plays monster live 1 11 2008
Napalm Beach is an American punk rock band from Portland, Oregon. One of the longest-running punk bands in the U.S., they are credited by some as being early innovators of the grunge sound. Nicholas Pell, writing for the Portland Mercury said "a huge influence on the grunge and alternative rock of the 1990s, Napalm Beach never had the name recognition of other Portland bands like Poison Idea or the Wipers." Napalm Beach shared the stage with bands such as X, Public Image Ltd., Joan Jett, Johnny Thunders, Gun Club, Bad Brains, Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, Mudhoney, Dead Moon, and Poison Idea. They also toured Germany five times between 1989 and 1992. During their long musical career they have released more than 30 studio and live recordings in various formats on a number of small independent labels in the U.S. and Germany.
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- Napalm beach plays monster live 1 11 2008
- Napalm beach too much fun live in berlin 1989
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At the core of the group is Chris Newman on guitar, and Sam Henry on drums. Sam Henry was the original drummer for the Wipers and Portland band The Rats (with Fred and Toody Cole) before joining Napalm Beach in 1981. The group went through thirteen bass players before Dave Dillinger came on board in 1989. The group's earliest recordings were done on the Trap label, owned by Greg Sage of the Wipers.
Courtney Love lived in the Napalm Beach band house in 1981.
Napalm beach too much fun live in berlin 1989
Songs
Rock & Roll Hell2000
Potential Suicide1993
Get The Nerve